School of Seven Bells (often just SVIIB) is a three-piece band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On! Air! Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.

Thao with The Get Down Stay Down is a San Francisco, California-based (formerly Falls Church, Virginia) alternative folk rock music group. It consists of Thao Nguyen (vocals, guitar), Adam Thompson (bass guitar), and Willis Thompson (drums). Frank Stewart (lead guitar, production) is a former member of the band.

La Roux (pronounced /lɑːˈruː/ in English, French: [laˈʁu]) is a British electropop and synthpop duo made up of singer Eleanor Jackson (born 12 March 1988), and synthesizer player, co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid.

Califone is a critically-acclaimed experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. This single appears on their album, "All My Friends Are Funeral Singers," released October 6, 2009 on Dead Oceans.

Little Dragon is an electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards). This song is from their release, Machine Dreams.

White Denim is a three part rock band hailing from Austin, Texas. Their music draws influence from garage rock, dub, soul, alternative rock, country, post-punk, blues, psychedelic rock, experimental rock with home-based recording, intense looping work and unusual song structures. This tune is from their third full-length release, Fits, which was released via Full Time Hobby on June 22, 2009. The record was initially released in Europe only, but after signing their first US record deal with Downtown Records on July 10, the band released Fits on October 20, 2009.

Amy Millan (born December 3, 1973) is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. This song is off her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, which was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009. Her partner is Stars bandmate Evan Cranley.

Bowerbirds are an American folk band, formed in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2006. The group comprises Phil Moore (vocals, guitar, hi-hat/tambourine), Beth Tacular (accordion, bass drum, vocals), and Mark Paulson (drums, violin). Allmusic writer Stewart Mason places their sound on "the dividing line between the freak folk contingent led by Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom and the more straightforward sunshine pop of Lavender Diamond." "Northern Lights" is from their second album, Upper Air, and was released July 7, 2009.

About Me

Brent Dean Robbins, PhD, is Director of the Psychology Program and Associate Professor of Psychology at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA. He has a doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University, and completed his internship at University of Pittsburgh Counseling Center. He has also taught full-time at Allegheny College and Daemen College. Currently, Dr. Robbins is Member-at-Large and Conference Chair for the Society for Humanistic Psychology, which is Division 32 of APA. At the 2009 Mid-Winter Meeting, the Board voted that the Society should start a blog as a public face of the Society, and Dr. Robbins agreed to maintain the blog.